Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
SiUL NYE.


Son on How to Run Newspaper.
My DEAK Soy Your first letter written
since YOU started lour paper at New Bolony
was received Yesterday We folt glad to heaI
that you wcr. }ocated in business for your.
self. and it made me fe,I proud 10 get a copy
of the paper which yOu call The Retiua,
do not know why you call It The Retina
Still The Bolony Ratina sounds kind If full.
some and didactic
Retina. ! always supposed. was kind Of a
medical term, andl would be just fool enough
if | started paper To- call II The SCiatica or
The PulypgS at Work. Its wonderful how
people run to new names these dayS, and a
plain man with a common school education
has to 60 cropping along through the world
the best he can presume that, with Nour
thorough and ilorld education, such "A word as
Reiina ouu't stump YOU for a minute, but
with ne it's different. | am rough. hard
working man and always teen busy all my
life. One of the ncighbcrs asked me night
bcfor. last uhy / hadn't joined the knights
of Labor, ana told him that Id always ieen
too busy.
Its fact. too. I've always been 80 con
stanuy employed thai couldn't belong to a
labor organization and give II the attention it
ought 10 have.
like the tone Of Your editorial piece, on
the inside of yuUr paper. which Is entitled,
"Salutatcr,." | like 1t where II goes on 10 say
a. follows:
We shall strive, m season and out Of season,
10 advocate tnp resources and liabilities of
New B"lony Gs a health resort and county
sat. Our Voice VIII ever be heard in clarion
tones. putting it, shoulder 10 the wheel of
progI>>s and trampng on oppression with
both feet.
We shall send The Retina TO every quarter
of the globe 80 that New Bolony. with its
wealth If picturesque valley. hi, and dale,
together with it, new court house and health
giving atmosphere, viii be known of where
ever the English language is spoke.
lit Is true that the editor OF this paper has
just emerged from college and Is still young;
but he has had some experience In writing
for a cn!leGe paper, and he knows what the
needs and the wants OF the people are. He is
aware that the class of readers who will peruse
The Retna viii not h2 81 refined or cultivated.
perhaps. rs his college readers were: but he
will try to make himself understood, and We
think we viii bo sucocssfuL
we shall constantly improve The Retma,
as growing business and patronage may war
rant. 80 hat in a few years our readers will
look back on tins first copy with ill-concealei
mirth. We are already figuring on a dark
blue job press and rubber door mat for the
Office. bearing the legend 'Welcome' in large
gothic eNteniel letters.
We shall espouse the cause Of no party or
faction for the present. preferring 20 remain
neutral for the time being. hopping on to the
erruneuuS ever and anon. however, as cir
cunstances may arise which will seem to call
49, -
encouragement We shall not make any
boasts or fill the air with bomhast at this
time. hut when hydra headed wrong emerges
from its hole the casual observer Will see us
knock seventeen distinct varieties Of tar out
Of said hydra headed wrong. and those who
carefully observe our course while conduct
ing The Rc;iua Will notice that there are no
flies on IL
I'VE have gate number Of our best ESSAYS
and oratIous prepared while we were attend
ing school ami college. which viii appear
from time t. time in these columns. They are
carefully and sxhaus.ively written, and en-
tirr Iy cover the ground Among these We
may name the following titles:
-The American Indian His Glorious Past and
Opaque Future.
@The Care and Discipline OF Children from an
bipartisan Standpoint
"The DiSa-reaabia Results Of Crime-Neces-
sIty Tor Exercise Among the La
boring Glasses.
"DemoSihenes al OF Hand Speaker.
@How TO Reclaim G!ddy Parents-Where is
Your Parent To- Night
Criticisms on the Present imperfect Plan Of
Salvation.
sDaty ot Wives-What Constitutes Good
Wife
-GIeorge Washington and the Misery He En-
tailed Upon the Youth Of America
by Telling the Truth and AZ
terwaFd Becoming the
Father Of HIS
Country
AN these essays are well written, and
would be highly ornamental 10 any first class
magazine in the land. but We are here to give
satisfaction in our new field. and the best We
have ever written l. none too good for the
people Of New Bolouy. We aim to please
With regard 20 prohibition, We shall be
outspoken al all times. As for oursef we
can Use prohibition or We can let il alone. |
For the present We prefer To touch not, taste |
no;, handle not the Unclecn thing. We favor |
a high license with low retail prices This |
gradually busts up the dealer and finally |
wIpes this curse from the face Of the earth |
with the bosom OF statutory wrath. Besoms |
of statutory wrath carefully printed at this |
Office on short notice.
In closing we viii state that The R,tina |
starts out with liberal patronage and has |
come TO STAY. We use this last term with the |
permission Of the man who made IL
We expect cur new navy blue jobber in a |
few weeks and little boys in town who wish |
to See how a newspaper Is made, and who |
would like 10 contribute a thumb or two out |
of th,ir little collection. may come and |
monkey with the new press al any time We !
will return their thumbs 10 them at the end |
of the week
| like the tone Of this piece as a general !
thing. though | am sorry TO hear YOU allude /
70 your literal patronage and by the same /
mail get a request for more funds | will 1
- d you what money ! caa spare. hoping |
that you viii soon Get On your feet again
! suppose YOU viii lie running for congress /
thc next thing. and then yCu VIII forget all l
about Your Old father. and borrow money OF |
people who haven't telt near ;he interest III
yOu that have.
Send the paper for one year and charge /
me with the subscription price. You may 1
al~o put piece IN your paper stating as
follows:
Owing to i'll health | viii sell at my resi-
denre la town -. range II. west according ,
10 government survey, one crushed raspberry .
co,ored COW. aged . wears She is a good /
nilk-;or, and = MOI afraid Of the cars-or |
ANYTHING clse- She Is u COW Of undaunted 1
cUuragcc and give milk frequently. To man /
who doc not fear death in any form she |
would lie a great boca. She is very much |
attached to her home at present. by means Of |
a trace chain. but she Will be sold t. any one /
vino viii asrea 20 treat her right. She is one
fourth shorthorn and three foUrths hyena. |
Purcha-er UeeI not - identified. ] will also /
throw N a double barrel shotgun which goes |
with her. II May She generally goes away 1
somewhere for a week or two ard returns I
wiki a tail red calf. with long, wabbly legs, |